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STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed June 16, 1908. Serial N 0. 438,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. BOWSER, a citizen of' the United States,residing at Oak Ridge, in the county of Armstrong and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stove; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cooking stoves and ranges and it has for itsobject to provide improved ventilating means for doing away with theannoyance caused by escaping steam, fumes and odors when cooking is inprogress, as well as that caused by escaping smoke when the lids areraised from the stove.

A further object of the invention is to utilize the steam and hot airrising from the stove for the purpose of maintaining and promotingcombustion in lieu of the cold air usually admitted to the ash-pit belowthe grate through suitable draft openings.

Still further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve theconstruction and operation of this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

lathe accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cooking rangeconstructed in accordance with the invention, a part having been brokenaway for the purpose of showing the construction more clearly. Fig. 2 isa rear elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionaldetail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 33, in Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated bythe line 4-4, in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken onthe plane indicated by the line 55, in Fig. 2.

7 Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference. The range A which has been selected forillustration is, in the main, of ordinary conventional construction,being equipped with an upwardly-extending back plate 5 and side platesor brackets 6, 6 supporting a hot closet 7 The body of the range isconstructed with the usual fire-box 8 ash-pit 9 and oven 10, the latterbeing surrounded by flues through which the products of combustion passto the smoke-pipe 11 which latter is extended through the hot closet.The top of the range is equipped with the customary lids or covers 12.

Connected with the top of the hot closet, and extending in front of thelatter, is a hood 13 which extends the full width of the range. A flue14 extends diagonally through the hot closet, below the top of thelatter, the-front end of said flue having an aperture 15 communicatingwith the hood 1?). The rear end of the flue lt communicates with theupper end of a vertical flue 16, disposed adjacent tothe back plate 5,and the lower end of the flue 16 communicates with the upper end of aflue or duct 17 placed adja cent to the rear side of the body of thestove or' range. The parts 16 and 17 may constitute a single integralflue, but for convenience it is preferred to make it in two parts, asshown. The flue-section 17 is provided near its upper end with anopening or aperture 18 having a door or closure 19, and a damper 20 isarranged in said fluesection directly above the opening 18. The lowerend of the flue-section 17 communicates with the ash-pit 9 through anopening 21; the lower extremity of said flue-section 17 being obstructedby a permanent closure 22.

In practice, it will be readily seen that steam .and fumes rising fromcooking vessels upon the stove, as well as smoke escaping throughcracks, or when the stove doors or lids are opened, will be interceptedby the hood 13, where a draft orsuction is created .from the fire-boxand ash-pit through the flues 17, 16 and 14; and such steam and smoke,together with the hot air rising from the stove will be conductedthrough the fines 14:, 16 and 17 to the ash-pit from whence it isdischarged into the fire-box where combustion will thus be maintainedand promoted much more efiiciently and satisfactorily than by the coldair usually supplied through draftopenings in the front part of thestove. Such draft openings are dispensed with by my invention, anddanger of hot coals dropping upon the floor through such openings, whichis a frequent cause of disastrous fires will thus be avoided.

The draft may be thoroughly regulated by means of the damper 20; and thedoor 19 may be used to further regulate the draftby the admission ofcold air, when desired.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A stove orrange, a hot closet supported abovethe same, a hood adjacent to the hotcloset, a flue extending through the hot closet and communicating at oneend with the hood, and a duct extending from the other end of the fiueto the ash-pit of the stove.

2. A stove or range having a fire-box and ash-pit tightly closed attheir front ends, a hot closet supported above the stove, a hoodadjacent to the hot closet, and a flue eX- tending from the hood throughthe hot closet and thence downwardly to the ashpit, said flue beingprovided with an open ing to the outer air, a-closure for said opening,and a damper adjacent to the latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this, specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. BOVVSER.

Vitnesses WADE REAnIoK, JACOB WOLROUGH.

